Friday Blog!

Thank you to all the families who attended our Disciplinary Literacy Night. It was a great opportunity for students to share their learning and have a look at other activities happening in other classrooms in our school. 

If you would like to see more of what your child is doing, have a look in IRIS. Your child has uploaded their Rock Cycle projects there. Students can sign in with their ID number and password at:
iris.cbe.ab.ca 

Students have been discussing and learning about the basic rights of children, vs. wants. One of the activities they took part in was organizing a selection of cards into two piles: rights & needs. They had to decide together in small groups and then had the opportunity to see how others sorted their cards. Students demonstrated a clearer picture of what the rights of a child are. 

We read a book, Iqbal; A Brave Boy From Pakistan, based on a true story of Iqbal, a boy sold into a carpet making factory at the age of 4, who later helped free thousands of children from slavery. This made a big impact on many students. 

For our Artist-in-residence work, students looked at carpets in different areas of the world. They then began to create an artistic version of a rug using a variety of paint colours, pattern designs and masking tape. Students are in the first stages of this project.